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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brandi" data-source="post: 2404581" data-attributes="member: 24446">I can't count the times my sis and I talked about going to shoot but then remembered we have very little ammo for some of our guns and no ammo for others and we didn't go.  It really is sad in this day where gun ownership, recreational shooting and bringing new people into the sport and ultimately creating more 2A supporters is more important than ever, that hoarder/reseller's have essentially brought all of it to a screeching halt.  While I realize the now larger number of gun owners, as a result of gun control fear, have added to the shortage, that's a good thing in my mind.  More gun owners equals more supporters of gun rights so I'm good with that but there is no way these new gun owners created the problem on their own.  Tack on the seasoned gun owners packing their supplies to the max (again, nothing wrong there) and finally those whose activities aren't helping, but instead hurting the cause, the hoarder/reseller. I've known one personally who is a gun owner but because he has the ability to wait at the stores early morning decided to make a business out of it.  He and his helpers (the helpers are used to get around "per person" limits) and the many other groups doing the same thing have it down to a science. They know when particular stores stock ammo, when trucks arrive, how many people they will need to get around the limits...and when something changes, such as stocking schedule, they change with it.  Every morning they get together and make their assault on the stores buying every box they can and after it's all gone they break up and head home to mark up prices and post on the various sites for sale.Now, the average person gets off work and stops by the store to try and get some ammo for personal use and is told "sorry, it's sold out".  So average person continues to stop at that store and others always hearing "Sorry, all sold" until he just stops shooting.  After a couple years of this these shooters just give up and move on to other activities. No more kids being taken out to the range with mom and dad to learn to shoot, no future for the gun sports and 2A.  Obviously this isn't going to be the case with all shooters but any loss is a big loss in this current environment of anti-gun citizens and government officials.  If you are one of these people who are buying ammo up for the purpose of reselling, forget the whole free enterprise thing and look at the big picture.  This is a national issue that isn't getting better, we are at close to two years and counting, if we aren't helping ourselves, we're hurting ourselves.</blockquote>

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